Posts Tagged ‘single motherhood’

Single Mom’s Notebook: Teaching my son how NOT to be Sexist

Teaching my son how NOT to be Sexist

One of my biggest challenges as a mom is to teach my son about what women and men do all on my own.  I provide, cook and clean for him.  Lately, however,  I’ve been finding him getting too comfortable with that. He was getting out of the shower.  “Mom, can you get my underwear?”  My response?  “Get [...]

Starting a new relationship as a single mother

Starting a new relationship as a single mother

It’s not easy being mommy, daddy, doctor, psychiatrist, teacher and all that encompasses single motherhood.  Developing and nurturing a relationship with someone new while single mothering is even harder but it is possible.  Here are a few basic tips to help single mothers jump back into the dating pool and still raise well-adjusted, happy children. For [...]

TWEENS

Tweens

As a parent of a tween, almost teen, I realize that I am not as young as I may feel.  Everything my child does, says or wants is completely foreign to me.  In my younger days I was always rebelling against the system, but I’m starting to believe that I may now be “The System.”   I [...]

Single Mom Notebook: How To Talk To The Ex

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Although Tiger and his wife have been one of the most recent high profile couples fighting a very public battle, we still remember Jon and Kate Plus 8.  Towards the end, Jon and Kate Plus 8 taught single moms how not to talk to the Ex., i.e. through lawyers, the TV Show and media in general. When couples split [...]

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